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FL S1922

Bill

Status

Introduced

3/5/2011

Primary Sponsor

Rene Garcia

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Origin

Senate

2011 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Expands the Florida Health Choices Program to allow employers with 1-50 employees to make employees eligible for health products, and adds statutory rural hospitals as eligible employers rather than participants.

  • Permits prepaid limited health service organizations and discount medical plan organizations to sell products through the program, and requires risk-bearing products offered by insurers to be approved by the Office of Insurance Regulation.

  • Requires Florida Health Choices, Inc. to operate a toll-free hotline for assistance, establish initial and special enrollment periods not exceeding 60 days, and report risk pooling data annually.

  • Authorizes the Florida Health Choices, Inc. to receive personal identifying information of Florida Kidcare program applicants and enrollees from the Agency for Health Care Administration for program administration purposes.

  • Requires the Agency for Health Care Administration to establish a demonstration project in Miami-Dade County including both a long-term-care facility and psychiatric facility to improve health care access for medically underserved populations.

Legislative Description

Health and Human Services

Last Action

Read 2nd time -SJ 675

5/2/2011

Committee Referrals

Banking and Insurance3/16/2011

Full Bill Text

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